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Développement durable

The EESC at Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable DevelopmentConférence -
Rio de JaneiroIn our view the Rio+20 Conference has to result in viable political commitments that place sustainable development at the centre of global policy making. Civil society plays a vital role in pushing for and living up to such political commitments by enabling participation from the ground up and securing ownership.

Article de discours19 Jun 2012Organisation: EESC, Discours: Staffan NilssonPresident`s opening speech at the 6th EU-Brazil Round TableThe European Economic and Social Committee has been actively preparing for this moment, in particular through fostering dialogue aiming at a joint understanding of the issues at stake and at common civil society recommendations. I am pleased to say that this work has been particularly fruitful with our Brazilian partners. We have been working for more than one year with the Brazilian Council for Economic and Social Development on our views on sustainable development. All this work has been synthesised in a joint report by the two organisations, which aims at contributing to the debates in Rio.

Article de discours23 May 2012Organisation: EESC, Discours: Staffan NilssonStaffan Nilsson keynote speech on soil & water at the Green Week 2012Soil is crucial to our livelihoods, as it supplies us with food, fibre, fuel and raw materials. We certainly consider it to be an issue of strategic importance, and not only as an environmental issue but also as a key element of sustainable economic growth in Europe.

Article de discours3 May 2012Organisation: EESC, Discours: Staffan NilssonEU- China Urbanisation Partnership: Staffan Nilsson's Intervention at the Opening SessionWe have in place for many years now the EU-China Round Table. Within this framework (which was started10 years ago, and was supported in the EU-China summit 2004), the EESC meets regularly with the Chinese Economic and Social Council. Just a few weeks ago we had our EU –China Round Table in Hangzhou. Our declaration adopted by the end of our discussions in April focused on sustainable urban development. Our two rapporteurs, Evelyne Pichenot on the European side, and Professor Zou Ji on the Chinese side, have done a huge work together.

Article de discours2 May 2012Organisation: EESC, Discours: Staffan NilssonKeynote speech at the Conference 'Think green! The opportunities of sustainable development and of the green economy'[en anglais uniquement]
The moment for this conference is very well chosen. Only some days ago negotiators from all over the world gathered again at United Nations headquarters in New York for so-called informal contacts trying to prepare agreements that enable the world community to shape the future we want.
Because we have to be aware that they are negotiating on our behalf and on behalf of our grand-children about the future we all want to have on our planet. Therefore they need to get our messages about what it is what we actually want and that we care and don't let them go home without a result!
With the ever more evident effects of the combined economic, financial, social and environmental crises, people are realizing that existing economic models and patterns do not work any more. That we not only have to talk sustainable development but that we have to act on our words.

Article de discours2 May 2012Organisation: EESC, Discours: Staffan NilssonStaffan Nilsson`s keynote speech at the "Think Green! The opportunities of sustainable development and of the green economy"Promoting a green economy must be part of an overarching sustainable development strategy, striking a balance between social, ecological and economic aspects while achieving distributional and inter-generational equity.
We do not need more recommendations, but a green economy roadmap which political leaders need to commit to, with clear goals and monitoring mechanisms, ensuring an economically efficient, socially just and environmentally sound transition to sustainable societies. The transition process must be based on continuous engagement with civil society, including social dialogue.

Article de discours12 Apr 2012Organisation: EESC, Discours: Staffan NilssonDiscours d'introduction du Président du CESE lors de la 11e table ronde UE-Chine(VERSION FRANCAISE BIENTOT DISPONIBLE) The two topics we will be debating during the round table are very crucial ones. One of them concerns demography, the ageing population, and how to transform a challenge into an opportunity. Having a significant number of people over 60 in the population has always been seen as a burden. Should we not, on the contrary, see it as an opportunity to explore new paths for sustainable economic development? Our two rapporteurs will tell us how they see this.
The other topic is sustainable urban development; a major topic for our bilateral relations and a major topic for civil society. I think we should examine ways in which we can follow up our work on cities and integrate it into ongoing initiatives launched at the summit by the China-EU partnership on sustainable urbanisation.